This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski.

Barry Morfew wasn't supposed to be the center of a murder investigation, at least not on paper.

He was a father of two, a successful landscaper, a guy who blended in to the rocky mountain backdrop of Salida, Colorado.

Like pine trees and pickup trucks.

But on May 10th of 2020, Mother's Day, his wife, Suzanne, disappeared, and the story he told,

bike ride gone wrong, no witnesses, no urgency,

just a vague mention of chipmunks and a whole lot of trash dumping, set off alarm bells.

That still haven't stopped ringing.

Then, three years later, the silence broke.

Suzanne's remains were discovered in a remote patch of scrubland,

45 miles south of their home.

No obvious signs of trauma, but deep in her bones,

forensic toxologist found something called Bam,

a rare sedative cocktail used to tranquilize wildlife. Not exactly a household chemical. And the only person anywhere nearby who'd

ever bought it? Well, that's Barry. Years earlier in Indiana for deer farming.

And that's when everything that seemed weird suddenly started to look like evidence.

This is where a domestic tragedy isn't just a domestic tragedy. It was a story allegedly of control, manipulation, and the illusion of

normalcy. Barry Morphew is now facing new charges in Suzanne's death. And what makes this case

so disturbing isn't just what happened to Suzanne, but how long it took anyone to hear her.

To unpack the deeper psychological layers of this case, coercive control, betrayal,

trauma, sedative, homicide, and the family members caught in the emotional wreckage.

We're joined by psychotherapist and author Chavon Scott,

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